A court in Cambodia on Thursday sentenced the country's former ambassador to South Korea to five years in prison on charges of corruption and abuse of power.http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/12/01/world/asia/ap-as-cambodia-corruption.html?_r=0

Brazilian authorities are investigating thousands of reports of fraud and criminal interference in the country’s municipal elections, including one case in which the country’s most notorious prison gang allegedly funded…

The government has suspended the governor of Bangkok, the country's most senior elected official, on Thursday while the country's attorney general investigates allegations of corruption and misuse of city funds…

About half the countries that signed Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) anti-bribery convention actually do investigate corporate bribery. "By signing up to the OECD anti-bribery convention, governments commit to investigate and prosecute cross-border corruption, yet nearly half of signatory governments are not doing so," complained TI chief Jose Ugaz. About 22 countries out of 41 countries that signed the convention have complied. https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/too-few-countries-

Malaysia's anti-graft unit said in a statement on Wednesday it would ask Prime Minister Najib Razak to explain a 2.6 billion ringgit ($671 million) donation that was deposited into his private bank account. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/05/us-malaysia-

UN experts have condemned Soma, a British Oil firm for bribing Somalia’s oil ministry.In a report to a U.N. Security Council committee, the experts said Soma paid nearly $600,000 (£384,940) as part of efforts to protect and expand an energy exploration contract it signed with the ministry in 2013.http://uk.reuters.com/article/

About 61 homes and offices have been searched in Bucharest, Romania by prosecutors seeking evidence linked to the recent scandal, where drug companies were reported to have offered doctors vacations and other incentives in exchange for prescribing cancer drugs. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015